see Ancestral Roots, line 81

From Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3P-S.htm#_Toc389068648

JOHN de Somery (-[1191/92]).  The connection with Dudley and the Paynell family suggests that John de Somery may have been the son of Ralph [I] de Somery, who witnessed the foundation charter of Dudley priory (see above).  m as her first husband, HAWISE Paynell, daughter of RALPH Paynell of Dudley & his wife --- (-after 1210).  “Hawys Paganella” confirmed donations to Tykford Priory by "Johannes de Sumeri vir meus" by undated charter, witnessed by “Radulfo de Sumeri filio meo”[1319].   She married secondly ([1196/97]) Roger de Berkeley.  “Hawis Paynel” donated property to Tykford Priory, with the consent of “domini mei Rogeri de Berkele”, for the soul of “Gervasii Paynel fratris mei”, by undated charter[1320].   Hawise must have survived her son Ralph [II] de Somery, as shown by a plea in Staffordshire dated 1240 which records that certain land was inherited from "Gervasio Paenel cuidam Hawisie sorori et heredi", and passed from her to her grandsons: "…de iste Radulpho cuidam Willelmi et fratri et heredi, et de Willelmo cuidam Nicholao…filii et heredi, et de Nicholao isti Rogero ut avunculo quia non habuit heredem de corpore sua"[1321].  John & his wife had [three] children: 

1. Ralph II de Somery (d. Jan/July, 1210)
2. Agnes de Somery